Okay, by now you should all know that being a Lazy Mom is not really about being lazy, right?
Yes, around here we have a little "fun" with the Lazy Mom name.
However, I do believe I'm the exception to the rule.... I am a Lazy Mom through and through. I believe in raising my children to be responsible, independent, wonderful people. But unfortantely, as I'm doing that, I have found out that along the way that I really am a lazy Lazy Mom, too!
Case in point.... Notice anything wrong with this picture?
Well, what about this one?
Did you notice that those shirts are hung up inside out??? Cause they are!!
Yes, my latest lazy habit (not Lazy habit, mind you) is hanging the clothes up as they come out of the dryer.
I have turned over a new leaf in the laundry department of our house. However you send down your dirty clothes in the chute, is how you will get them back. If they are inside out, or have one sleeve tucked down itself, or whatever, there you go... back at'cha the same way!
And just so you don't think anyone is immune...
Now, in my defense, I have (up until yesterday) been very religous about turning the clothes the right side out and fixing any drowning sleeves and such. So for almost 10 years of marriage I've been doing this for everyone in the household as they've each joined the scene.
Not anymore.
And just so you realize that even though my new lazy habit is not just that.... lazy, I'd like to point out, that this will also help aid me in my Lazy Mom endeavors.
Now each child (and adult) will be responsible for putting their clothes down the chute the way they want them back. See?! There is a method to my madness. For real. I just don't do things for the heck of it. I have a point. And the point is that my kids (and husband) are old enough to turn their clothes right side out before launching them down the laundry chute. IF they want to get them back that way.
If they don't, then who cares?! I certainly won't. Remember this story?
The clothes are still clean and hung up (or folded -- well, most of the time anyway). So does it REALLY matter how they come back to them?
Only if they do.
LM1
I've tried similar things to this but it has not made any change in the behaviour of those around me, sigh! they obviously don't care, either way.
ReplyDeleteI love this! I just might try it, for 18+ years I've been doing that and sorting takes forever. My biggest one is the socks tho. All my children and husband too take off their socks inside out, grrrrr and ewwww of having to turn them right side out. Maybe I'll try that with them and see what their response is.
ReplyDeleteI adore the towels story! All too often we criticize the "how" without appreciating the "why" - your little girl certainly got the "why" right! Good for you for recognizing her sweet servant heart and praising her efforts (and leaving them as they were).
ReplyDeleteNothing lazy at all about teaching others responsibility.
I love this! Right now I'm working on not coming to the rescue of clothes left on my son's bedroom floor. If they aren't put with the other dirty clothes, they will not be washed.
ReplyDeleteI'm going through laundry struggles as well! Now that we don't have as much room in our bedroom, you'd think it would inspire the both of us (I can admit it's not just my husband) to be more dilligent about putting the clothes where they belong. But no. We do not.
ReplyDeleteI have to work on this.
Good for you and your new system! :-)
That is too funny! My biggest laundry irritant is socks that are all tucked inside themselves so they don't actually get clean if I don't untuck them before washing.
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend!
-Melissa
Hi first time visiting your blog & I love this post. I need to try this because I am always getting aggrivated about the clothes being in the dirty laundry, inside out or one leg in & the other out, etc. I will try this starting tomorrow expect for one thing, I don't hang my boys clothes up. I bring their basket down & when their clothes are dried, I lay them over the basket & they have to hang them up. However, I usually do turn them back the right way. But, not tomorrow. They will get laid out the way they were thrown in. :)
ReplyDeletei love it!! I don't have a chute, just baskets, but what a great idea.
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome! My dad just refused to wash anything (or fold it) if it wasn't right side out. So we had 10 minutes after he called for our laundry on Sunday afternoons to make sure it was all "right" or it wouldn't get washed that week.
ReplyDeleteWhile throwing in a my kids' clothes just now I realized why, while a great idea in theory, this would never work in my home. If I left everything as it came to the wash I would wash in a multitude of stains and stickers and filth that once dried would actually make more work for me to get them out than just turning things right side out to begin with. I just spent 10 minutes "shouting" out a million stains on my kids clothes and now I know that the chances of the stains coming out on the first washing is really good. Ten minutes is all it took to turn them right side out, inspect them, and pretreat them. Not bad.
ReplyDeleteNow socks...that's a different story all-together. Those little devils stay as they are. :)
Absolutely girl! Which is why i didn't declare my laundry stance until my youngest was 5.
ReplyDeleteI have been using this "lazy" tactic for years, how it goes in is how it comes out! Socks, shirts, pants. Nothing is safe, if you want it right side out, turn it that way before it goes in the hamper! Also, I feel that one should never waste time folding undies, just toss them in the drawer!
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